Social Calendar Notes for Friday and Saturday
The Lone Star Wanniee of the Blue Bird Camp Fire Girls meet at 4 PM at Mrs. Alfred Poggenpohl’s home. Troop No. 1 Boy Scouts gather at the Methodist Church at the usual evening hour. Troop No. 2 scouts meet at Headquarters at 7 PM. Saturday features a Easter Egg hunt at the Presbyterian Manse at 4 30 PM for Sunday School children. Junior Troop 1 Scouts hold their weekly afternoon meeting.
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Lone Star Wnaniee
Alfred Poggenpohl
Boy Scouts
Presbytery Delegates and Local Notices Highlight Yoakum Page
Rev J H Wharton elected moderator at Western Texas Presbytery session in Yoakum. Delegates L H Wharton and H G Earnest to return Saturday. Local notices announce Easter sale by Presbyterian Ladies Aid at C O D Grocery, at home gathering for Mrs Williams, and community announcements including visitors and funerals.
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L. H. Wharton
Mr. H. G. Earnest
Yoakum
Texas
Presbytery of
Western Texas
H. G. Farnest
Presbyterian Church
Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
Heights
R. L. Sutton
C. D
Mesdames Pratt
Shoemaker
R. McCuhoeh
Ff MC Austin
G. Earnest
A.B. McCulloch
Lattig, Butler
Swenatman
Tl. H. Wharton
W M A Circles Hold Regular Weekly Meetings
Circle B hosted a weekly W M A gathering at Mrs D Z Windrow s home with a Bible lesson by Mrs C C M Henry followed by sewing and a salad course. Circle C met at Mrs Size Moore s home with Bible Study a brief business session and social time featuring homemade ice cream and cake. Circle D met at Mrs B F Walker s home with Bible Study by Mrs Camp and an afternoon of quilting plus a visiting guest.
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Mesdames Beddoe
Ince
Trout
D. Z. Windrow
C.C. M. Henry
Annie Pace
Henry
Craig
Arthur
Clingingpeel
Phelps
Windrow
Circle C
W.M. A
the Heights
B. F. Walker
Newsroom Hears From Public Inquirers
A cheeky column quotes readers frustrated with editors not answering calls about items for sale. The letter blames miscommunications and admits not being mind readers while promising best effort and willingness to take tips by phone.
Fifty Year-Old Remedy for Colds Gains Popularity
The quick acting family cough and bronchial relief remedy praised for curing colds and coughing spells. Advertised as indispensable with prices 60 cents and 1.20 dollars, it promises rapid, pleasant relief and lasting favor among users.
Dr. King's New Life Pills touted for bowel relief
An advertisement claims Dr. King's New Life Pills ease biliousness headaches sour stomach and tongue coating by clearing bowel clogginess. The product is priced at 25 cents and advertised as safe and comfortable.
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Dr. King
Masonic Notice for Laredo Lodge Meeting Tonight
Called meeting of Laredo Lodge No. 647 A F and A M tonight at 7 30 Work in M M Degree All visiting brethren invited to attend J A BURNETT W M
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Laredo
A. F
A. M
J. A. Burnett
W. M
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Laredo Citizens
Local advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney backache and urinary troubles. Juan Cortez of 1702 Hidalgo St. testifies the product relieves backache and regulates kidneys. Price 60 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y is maker.
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Dean
Laredo
Juan
Cortez
Barber Shop
Hidalgo St
Mr. Cortez
Foster-Milburn Co
Mters
Buffalo
N. Y
Father and son debate wisdom on vacation
The story depicts a father and his college prefect son chatting at home during his first vacation. The boy hopes to know more with age, and the father retorts that by that age the son will think he knows less than he does now.
If I Were a Farmer and Kept Medicines Handy
The speaker advocates a farmer’s at hand set of Chamberlain remedies for minor ailments. It lists Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Cough Remedy ointment and tablets for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. The aim is to treat slight ailments quickly to avoid serious diseases and unnecessary town trips.
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Chamberlain
In the Sewing Room Quip Ends in Poking Pun
A cartoon caption from the St Louis Globe Democrat features That Needle and the Shirt bantering about piercing remarks and seeing the seamy side of life. The exchange plays on sewing tools as personified characters in a light humor strip.
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St. Louis
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure for All Stages
Advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a universal cure for catarrh, claiming internal action through the bloodstream and constitutional benefit. The makers offer $100 for any case it fails to cure, calling for testimonials and listing Toledo, Ohio as the address for F. J. Cheney & Co. and placement in drugstores nationwide.
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Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Photo Identifies Blanquet as Head of Rebels
Photographs of General Aureliano Blanquet arrived in the capital and were positively identified as the former federal general. Reports of his death in a Vera Cruz skirmish were received yesterday.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Aureliano Blanquet
Vera Cruz
Odd Fellows Mark Centennial With Nationwide Celebrations
Baltimore and other centers prepare for a week of parades exercises and tableaux to honor the centennial founding of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in the United States. The event includes a memorial unveiling in Baltimore, birthplace of the order, which began in 1819 at The Seven Stars tavern.
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Baltimore
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
United States
Canada
Sovereign
Grand Lodge
America
Sovereign Grand Lodge
William Lupton
Soverign
Australasia
Denmark
Germany
Sweden
Switzerland
Netherlands
Rebekahs
Odd Fellowship
England
Duke of York's Lodge
Manchester Unity
Preston
Grand Lodge of
Maryland
United States of America
Independent Order of Odd Fellowship
Grand Lodge of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Order
Thomas Wildey
London
Jessa
Morning Star Lodge
Wildey
Victory drives arms for democracy and support for troops
The message urges generous investment to back democracy by supplying American arms and financing the government responsible for it, emphasizing helping the boys in uniform and sustaining the war effort.
Peace talks edge toward Adriatic settlement at Paris
Conflicting claims to Fiume and the Dalmatian coast are being pressed by Italy and Yugoslavia before the Paris peace conference. Allied peace terms may not reach Germany before next Saturday or the following Monday, with Japan to raise Kiao-Chau at the four powers council on Saturday. Telegraph links between Berlin and Munich are cut, and Bamberg is isolated from the capital.
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Fiume
Dalmatian
Italy
Jugo Slavia
Adriatic
Paris
Japan
Council of Four
Kiao-Chau
Far East
Berlin
Munich
Bamberg
Bavaria
Forty Nine Spanish Firms Added to Enemy Trading List
The War Trade Board announced last night that forty nine Spanish firms have been added to the enemy trading list. Four Swedish and two Dutch firms were also added to the list.
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Washington
War Trade Board
Deliberations Resume in Paris After Lloyd George Return
Paris April 18. With Premier Lloyd George back from his home visit, the council of four resumes deliberations today.
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Paris
Lloyd George
Council of Four
Bolshevik forces evac Bolshie Ozerk amid bombardment
Archangel reports peasants who fled to allied lines say Bolshevik troops evacuated Bolshie Ozerk. The retreat follows two weeks of constant Russo Allied shelling. Food shortages from thawing roads are said to erode Bolshevik morale.
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Archangel
Bolshie Ozerk
German Forces Seize Libau Overthrow Lettish Government
Reports from Copenhagen dated April 18 say German and Baltic German troops captured Libau and ousted the Lettish provisional government, according to Lettish press authorities.
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Copenhagen
Libau
Lettish Provisional
Lettish Press Bureau
Allies consider coercive options if Germany refuses treaty
Paris dispatch says military experts under Marshal Foch draft a report on actions if Germany rejects the peace, including occupying more German territory, blocking enemy ports, and halting food shipments to Germany.
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Germany
Paris
Marshal Foch
German government weighs sending troops to aid Munich relief
Berlin April 18 The German national government considers sending government troops or German general staff officers to aid in relieving Munich from communist forces. Neither the Bavarian nor the German governments wish to provoke further conflict.
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Berlin
Munich
Washington Lodge No. 1 Founding Leaders Recalled
The piece recalls founders John Duncan John Cheatham John Welch and Richard Rushworth of Washington Lodge No. 1. It notes that Mr Wildey led as Grand Master for twelve years, the title later changing to Grand Sire in 1826, and his 1835 appointment as traveling Grand Lodge agent. His missionary work is credited with much of the order's growth and a belief in universal brotherhood.
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Washington Lodge
John Duncan
John Cheatham
John Welch
Richard Rushworth
Wildey
Grand Lodge
United States
Weather forecast for New Orleans and Fort McIntosh area
Tonight is fair and warmer with increasing cloudiness on Saturday. Fort McIntosh observations show a maximum of 57 degrees and a minimum of 41 degrees with a northwest wind. Clear conditions prevail.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
Governor Coolidge Offered to Run Telephones
April 18 reports from Huston and Washington show Governor Coolidge asking Postmaster General Burleson if the state may operate the telephone system during government service disruptions in New England. Also noted are Palmer's inquiry on legal authority for Southern cotton acreage limits and Wilson directing price stabilization talks.
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Huston
Mass
Coolidge
Burleson
New England
Washington
Palmer
Houston
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Industrial Board
The
Department of Commerce
Railroad Administration
City Events Highlight Religious and Educational Observances
Good Friday events mark today with Arbor Day in Colorado and the thirteenth anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake and fire. The Bankhead Highway Association opens its third annual convention in Mineral Wells Texas. Billy Sunday is guest speaker at Scranton inauguration of the Victory Loan drive. Colorado Education Association’s spring convention in Denver will cover teachers salaries vocational education and reconstruction in education.
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Colorado
San Francisco
Bankhead National Highway Association
Mineral Wells
Texas
Invasion of State Rights Debate
A brief editorial hints at the potential invasion of state rights if it can be avoided, signaling constitutional tensions and political maneuvering without detailing specific policy moves or actors.
Satisfactory Progress Reported From Peace Conference
Advices to the White House again report satisfactory progress at the peace conference. It is also stated that President Wilson has entirely recovered from his recent illness.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Arrival of 2098 Texas troops on Dante Alighieri
New York reports the steamship Dante Alighieri arrived from Marseilles with 2,098 Texas casual troops aboard. The notable troop movement underscores Allied military deployment in the period.
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New York
Texas
Dante Alighieri
Marseilles
Had It All the Time War Wound Tale
A wounded officer in a French hospital asks a fellow inmate to translate why his leg is probed daily. The interpreter reports the doctors are searching for the bullet, prompting the patient to joke that they should check his trousers pocket for the elusive lead.
Local Theater Row Gets Heated Over Lost Show Funds
A Kansas City lobby scene unfolds with a man claiming a $2 loss and a stranger declaring a $30,000 cost, both ascribed to a producer. The exchange hints at a disputed production and financial dispute.
Bilious Troubles Relief with Chamberlains Tablets
Promote healthy liver action and ease bilious disorders with Chamberlains Tablets. They improve appetite for your feed and banish dull, stupid feelings quickly.
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Hrvociety
Violet S. Oberfaldt
Joaquin Miller
P. P. Leyendecker
Baby
Encinas
Mrs. McCauley
San Antonio
Mrs. Scribner
V. Edwards
Pearsall
S. W. DeWolf
Columbus
Georgia
Walter Buck
City
Sk. J. Black
Rev. A. F. Beddoe
Dallas
G. F. Tunnison
Mrs
G. A. Tunnison
Monticello, Mississippi
Ladies Aid Society of
Ladies Aid Society
M. U
W.M. UC
Mickie
O'Meara & Neblett
W. T. Neblett, Jr
Ngton
Royal Remin
Oliver Underwood
Li. Co. Smith
ARPO
J. W. Falvella
Seymour Ave
the Hat Shop
J. C. Adkins
Mad Reine
Patriots
Bee ST
Autiatic
IME
Peace Conference
Jugo-Slavia
Gen. Blanquet
Revolu
Tionist
Capital
ODD Fellows
the Times
Amer
Ican
Massachusetts
Fered
Straits
Kansas City
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